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Destinations
Bellevue
Living up to its name, Bellevue provides beauty and upscale, urban amenities
Over the hills of Seattle and across Lake Washington’s floating bridge to Bellevue we go. A city of approximately 110,000 residents, Bellevue (meaning “a beautiful view”) has really come into its own over the past few years—defining itself not just as Seattle’s neighbor, but a destination all its own.
Denver and Colorado Springs
Denver and Colorado Springs offer city perks and wide-open spaces
Newsflash! Colorado has changed significantly in the last decade—updating, renovating and re-imagining itself as a prime destination for leisure and business visitors. Yet the state hasn’t lost its ties to its Wild West past, when fortune-seekers and adventurers in covered wagons climbed the Rocky Mountains nearly 150 years ago.
Southern California
Meet and play in the Southern California summer
Beach blanket, check; sun block, check; volleyball, check; golf clubs, check; Disney tickets, bathing suit, hiking shoes…check, check, check. Oh, and meeting agenda, check.
Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos
Spice up your meetings in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos
Watch the sunrise over the arroyo and a full palette of earth tones emerges with the morning light. It’s a New Mexico dawn, and a spectacular display of the wild beauty and rich colors of this southwestern state.
Western Canada
B.C. and Alberta will suprise and delight your meeting-goers
One of the unexpected benefits of a soft economy is discovering something new and exciting about a familiar destination. Or, in the case of Western Canada, right in your own backyard.
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